By AFP More by this AuthorWellington,New Zealand's dream run of 102 days without locally transmitted coronavirus ended Tuesday, prompting a stay-at-home lockdown order for the country's largest city. After receiving global praise for successfully containing the virus, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said four cases had been detected in a single family in Auckland from an unknown source. "After 102 days, we have our first cases of COVID-19 outside of managed isolation or quarantine facilities... we have also planned and prepared for it," Ardern said. Success storyAdvertisementUntil Tuesday, the World Health Organization had hailed New Zealand as an example to others for having "successfully eliminated community transmission". "It was perhaps easy to feel New Zealand was out of the woods, my request is not to feel dispirited or disheartened," she said.

Source: Daily Nation August 11, 2020 12:00 UTC